Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-33111

Ibm Cognos Controller 11.0.0 – 11.0.1.7

Published
08 December 2025
Modified
10 December 2025
Patch / advisory
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CVSS Score v3.1 4.3
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0021 11th percentile
Risk Priority 35 floored blend · peak EPSS

CVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.

Summary

CVE-2025-33111 is a medium-severity Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Insecure Permissions (CWE-379) vulnerability in Ibm Cognos Controller. Its CVSS base score is 4.3 (Medium).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Data from Local System (T1005); ranked at the 11th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-6 (Least Privilege) and SC-4 (Information in Shared System Resources) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

A01:2025 Broken Access Control

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

IBM Controller 11.1.0 through 11.1.1 and IBM Cognos Controller 11.0.0 through 11.0.1 FP6 is vulnerable to creation of temporary files without atomic operations which may expose sensitive information to an authenticated user due to race condition attacks.

CWE(s)
CWE-379

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1005 Data from Local System Collection
Adversaries may search local system sources, such as file systems, configuration files, local databases, virtual machine files, or process memory, to find files of interest and sensitive data prior to Exfiltration.
attack.mitre.org →
T1552 Unsecured Credentials Credential Access
Adversaries may search compromised systems to find and obtain insecurely stored credentials.
attack.mitre.org →
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

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CVE-2024-41778Same product: Ibm Controller
CVE-2024-25020Same product: Ibm Cognos Controller

Affected Assets

ibm
cognos controller
11.0.0 — 11.0.1.7
ibm
controller
11.1.0 — 11.1.2

Mitigating Controls

Control response

Prevent
Stop it (NIST 800-53)

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Detect
Catch it (NIST detect / respond)

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Harden
Shrink the surface (DISA STIG)
  • 1 hardening rule · 1 OS baseline
Validate
Prove the fix (OWASP ASVS)
  • V15.4.2

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

AC-6 Least Privilege good match

AC-6 reduces the set of actors that can reach an insecurely created temp file by limiting privileges on the containing directory.

SC-4 Information in Shared System Resources good match

SC-4 stops unintended information exposure through shared resources such as world-writable temp directories or files.

AC-3 Access Enforcement partial match

AC-3 directly enforces file and directory access authorizations, stopping creation or exposure of temp files under overly permissive ACLs.

Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly prevent developers from writing code that creates temp files in insecure directories.

Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI

Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.

A.8.27 Secure system architecture and engineering principles partial match
prevents

Secure system architecture principles include proper file-system permission models that mitigate insecure temp-file creation.

A.8.28 Secure coding partial match
prevents

Secure coding standards directly require safe temporary-file creation with restrictive permissions.

A.8.3 Information access restriction partial match
mitigates

Information access restriction policies can limit who may read or list files in shared temporary directories.

A.8.9 Configuration management partial match
mitigates

Configuration management can enforce secure default permissions on temporary directories.

Hardening callouts derived

Configuration rules from DISA STIG baselines that bear on weaknesses of the type cited by this CVE. Each rule is shown with the relationship its mapping actually records, against the CWE it was authored against. Derived via CVE→CWE over `controls_xwalks` (authoritative rows only; rows rated `none` are excluded).

Oracle Linux 8 (1 rule)
  • V-248577 OL 8 must enable kernel parameters to enforce Discretionary Access Control (DAC) on symlinks. prevents CWE-379

References